HyekyosWife

For a drama about a modern day monarchy, we barely learn anything about how this world actually works. Besides the main characters having the usual sad backstories, we never see how the elites live versus the regular, title-less people. Because they didn't show that unfairness, and because IU’s character basically already had everything besides status, it was super hard to actually root for her to get a title. It just felt kind of lackluster.

Besides the romance (which also ended up being rushed), the plot especially the villains just felt so boring to me. It never felt like they had the upper hand. The 2ML turning “evil” out of jealousy is also one of the most boring tropes ever. The monarchy felt so much like a joke and i couldn’t take it serious at all.

I feel like if they had even stretchers this just to 16 episodes instead of 12 and actually build up a world with a good story, this drama could’ve been way better.